"Playing With Gender"

Talking Point #6 

3-29-12

“Playing with Gender” by Ann Pelo discus about how a group of teachers getting together talking and bringing out their point of view with their student/children at Hilltop Children’s Center, a full-day childcare program. In this section the main idea is sexism. When they see three 4-years-old boys playing a role as a dad that giving birth and taking care of their children they were carious and wondering why they play that game, but Sam (one of the boys) said that “But dad can’t have babies” and then he pause for a second than he added it that “Than we’re going to be human sea horses!”. So that they can be dads and play both role. One of the teachers (Sandra) was so carious why did these boys play this game? Isn’t there any other game they could play beside this game?”. Than one of the teachers points it out that Sam’s mother just gave birth so this might be a game where Sam can feel comfortable with his newborn. For me I disagree how the boys play the role as giving birth but other than that such as; taking care of their newborns, or being a nurse is nothing wrong with that. Doing all of those things doesn’t have to be in one gender, anybody can take care of theirs newborn. As a children doesn’t matter what gender they are they learned really quick by seeing an adult doing something, once again they are just 4 years old, it’s just a way that children plays around by seeing something that they are carious about.